A PEDESTRIAN IS DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY A SEMI IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. APD OFFICER ROBERT GIBBS SAYS THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 10:00 TUESDAY NIGHT AT MONTANO AND CULTURE. HE SAYS PARAMEDICS RESPONDED QUICKLY AND TOOK THE VICTIM TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS INITIALLY LISTED IN SERIOUS BUT CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD BEFORE 10:30 PM.
THE CRASH HAD EASTBOUND MONTANO CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN ALEXANDER AND CULTURE, BUT WAS BACK OPEN WEDNESDAY MORNING.
